Good timing, we are planning one for next Saturday, Jan. 19th 2008 at 11am. We will be meeting at ITP/NYU @ 721 Broadway, 4th Floor. Please RSVP to me: hans@eds.org so I can give a list of names to security. This date/time/location is might have to change, so just double-check this thread to make sure it hasnt changed.

There was also lots of discussions related to xbee, specific standoffs for snapping on shields, the Diecimila noise problem, and other things I don't know about. We got a couple cool demos of projects in process:

The normal age range is probably twenties to fourties, but it would be good to spread that range on either end. There isn't necessarily a minimum skill level needed to attend, as long as you keep in mind that this is an environment to work on projects rather than a workshop or a help session.

We had a good time last Saturday, there was a stuffed frog that was successfully turned into a pong controller, some struggles and successes with getting 70 RGB LEDs controlled by one arduino, and the first prototype of an arduino-powered Barbot, which served very stiff drinks later that day at the NYC Resistor Rent Party.

We have a date and new location for the next hacklab, thanks to our hosts Jeff Hoefs, Laura Garcia-Barrio, and Ted Booth of Smart Design (more details will come later):

NYC Resistor has regular 'study groups' where people come to work on the same topic, next Wednesday the topic is Arduino. Its an open environment to come work on Arduino projects with others who are doing the same time.

(basically its the same idea as the Arduino Hacklabs I've been organizing, but perhaps a bit less formal).

This Study Group is part of a regular series of such events at NYC Resistor, other topics have been Android, Blender, and Python. Check the website for the upcoming schedule, or subscribe to the calendar: